Window-shade support



1 a I July 12,1927 E a BIGELQW 635 700 WINDOW SHADE SUPPORT Filed Aug. 30. 1926 INVENTOR.

hi4 ATTORNEY.

Patented July 12,1927. 1,635,766 UNITED STATES PATENT GFFEQE.

, 1 V EDMUND S. BIGELOW, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

WINDOW-SHADE SUPPORT.

Application filed August 30, 1926. Serial No. 132,456.

My invention relates to improvements in in the runway of the lower sash is a support window shade supports. It is well adapted ing member comprising, preferably, a plate for use in the support of shade rollers in having a lip 11 which extends laterally the runways of the lower or inner sash. inwardly and is provided with a vertical 5 One of the objects of my invention is to hole 12. The lower end of the plate 10 is provide a novel support for a shade roller, provided with two spaced. apart projections which is simple, cheap, durable not liable to 13 adapted to engage the upper end of the get out of order, which permits of thecasy lower sash to limit the upward movement insertion and removal of the shade roller of the sash.

10 without liability of unwinding the shade A spring plate 14 has its lower end fasroller spring, which reliably supports the 'tened to the plate 10 above the projections shade roller, and which serves as astop for 13 and alined with the space between said limiting the upward movement of the lower projections. The spring plate 14 diverges sash to prevent the latter damaging the upwardly from the plate 10 and enters the 7 15 shade or roller. hole 12 and bears at its outer side against The novel features of my invention are the lip 11, the latter engaging the longitudihereinafter fully described and claimed. nal edges of the spring plate 14 to hold the In the accompanying drawing, which 'latter against lateral displacement. illustrates the preferred embodiment of my The spring plate 14 has a rectangular hole 20 invention, 15 adapted to receive the flattened outer end Fig. 1 is an inside elevation of a window of the spindle 6, said hole being of such dishade mounted in a window frame, a portion mensions that the spring plate 14 will hold only of which is shown, provided with my the spindle 6 from turning in the hole 15,

improvement. when the spring plate 14 is in its operative 25 Fig. 2 is an enlarged view showing in verposition shown in the drawing.

tical section portions of opposite window The spring plate 14 1s depressible from j ambs, a window shade and its roller in elehe operative position past the outer end of ati artl b k a d m im the sp ndle 6 to permit of the insertion of proved support, shown in vertical section the spindle 6 mto and its removal from the mounted on the jambs and supporting, the hole 15.

shade roller. In the operation of the invention, in

Fig. 3 is a perspective view, enlarged of mounting the roller 4, the spindle 5, is inone of my improved hangers mounted on a Sorted 111 the boss 7, and the spindle 6 is jamb a. portion only of which is shown. passed upwardly between the projections 13 35 Similar reference characters designate and against the spring plate 14 until the similar parts in the different views. spindle 6 enters the hole 15 in the spring 1 and 2 designate two opposite jambs of plate 14, upon which the said spring plate, a window frame, 3 the curtain portion of a which has been depressed, will spring into window shade, and 4 the shade roller havits operative position shown in the drawing, 40 ing the usual stationary spindle 5 at one in which position it will support the adjaend, and the usual spring spindle 6 at its cent end of the: roller 4 and will hold the other end, said spindle 6 having the usual spindle 6 fromturning in the hole 15. To flattened outer end by which that end of remove the shade, the spring plate 14 is dethe roller is supported and the spindle 6 pressed from its operative position, and the 1 45 held from turning as the roller 4 is revolved. spindle 6 is lowered, after which the spindle The spindle 5 is rotatably mounted in a 5 may be removed from the boss 7. hole in a boss 7 of a plate 8 fastened to the I do not limit my invention to the strucinner side of the jamb 1 in the runway of ture shown and described, as modifications, the lower or inner sash, not shown. within the scope of the appended claim, may 50 The lower end of the plate 8 has an in be made without departing from the spirit wardly extending projection 9 adapted to of my invention. engage the upper end of the lower sash t0 lVhat I claim is limit the upward movement of the latter to In a window shade support, a supporting prevent-the sash striking and damaging the member adapted to be mounted in the run shade or the shade roller. way of a lower sash and provided with two Fast-cried to the inner side of the jamb 2 spaced apart projections disposed in the Same liorizont-nl piano, and having; nhoi'e said projections :1 laterally extending;- lip provided with :1 vertical hole, and :r s n-lug plate fastened at its lower end to and diverging upwardly from said ineinher and alined with the space between mid projections and extending into said hole and held under tension by said lip and engaged at its hmgituchnul edges by said lip, and, below said lip, having :1 hole adapted to receive an end spindle of a shade roller.

in testimony whereof .ll hme signed 1113 name to this speeii'icafion.

EDMUND S. BIGELOW. 

